By: titmouse

To me it still seems as if the swine flu is so rare in comparison to the seasonal flu that it’s not even worth the worry.

About 60% of flu-like illness is H1N1 right now.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/pdf/External_F0940.pdf

The graphs on the last page reveal why doctors are worried about H1N1. Note how this year the 18-49 years old group has been getting the flu so much more than previous years. Does that indicate that things will be getting a lot worse over the next few months? Or will this peak and fade? I don’t think we know yet.

There’s a shortage of vaccine in many places. But if you live with a pregnant woman or young child you should make an effort to get vaccinated for H1N1.